The relative importance of body size, phylogeny, locomotion, and diet in the evolution of forelimb dexterity in fissiped carnivores (Carnivora)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1110-1125

  Iwaniuk, A N ^a   Pellis, S M ^a   Whishaw, I Q ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY;

CARNIVORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033826881     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-023     Document Type: Article

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